Divided Electorate Tells Tale of Two Cities Ahead of Mayoral Election

Published   Mar 12, 2025 07:28PM

New Yorkers will be voting for mayor with starkly divided views of their city’s needs and who they seek as a leader — the focus of a new survey that digs into what likely voters want.  Pollster John Della Volpe and his public opinion research firm SocialSphere surveyed 2,100 Democrats, Republicans and independents across the […]
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Adams Straw Donor Scheme Leader Reaches Plea Agreement Amid


As Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case remains in limbo, Manhattan federal prosecutors are continuing plea discussions with a former mayoral aide who’s seen as a crucial witness directly connecting the mayor to an illegal straw donor s ... Read more

Rikers Now Looks to Bring Back Nonprofits After Kicking Them


In May 2023, the Adams administration announced that it would save $17 million by not renewing five contracts with nonprofits that provided programs to help people behind bars stay off drugs, find housing, and learn job skills.  Correctio ... Read more

LISTEN: Running Hard or Hardly Running?


While Andrew Cuomo tops the early polls, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is officially running for mayor and Mayor Eric Adams seems to be going through the motions. As New Yorkers try to make sense of the dizzying election shaping up here amid ... Read more

NYC School Safety Force Plunges by Almost a Third

Published   Mar 11, 2025 06:36PM

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As Principal Mark House greeted students at the John F. Kennedy campus in the Bronx last month, a student staggered toward him, face covered in blood. Initially, House thought the 16-year-old had been in an accident and started escorting him to the on-site health […]
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How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With


This story was originally published by ProPublica. In the fall of 2022, the New York Police Department began posting videos online to promote one of its latest initiatives: the Community Response Team, an elite unit formed under the city’s n ... Read more

Palestinian Activist ‘Undaunted’ Ahead of Judicial Heari


Lawyers representing Mahmoud Khalil, the recent Columbia graduate arrested by ICE this weekend  for his pro–Palestinian campus activism, will appear before federal District Court Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan Wednesday morning. Khalil ... Read more

Drop Eric Adams Charges, Outside Counsel Advises Corruption


A court-appointed lawyer recommended late Friday that the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams be dismissed “with prejudice” — meaning prosecutors would not be able to reopen it down the road. New York Southern District Judge ... Read more